Poelmans Surname

176,240th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,429 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Poelmans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poelmans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium2,2161:5,188604
Netherlands1751:96,49815,750
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Poelmans Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Poelmans Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Poelmans is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poelmans? popularity and diffusion

It is the 176,240th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 3,000,225 people. Poelmans occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Poelmans live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Belgium, where it is held by 2,216 people, or 1 in 5,188. In Belgium it is most common in: Flemish Region, where 87 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 11 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Belgium this last name is found in 17 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 7 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Poelmans Last Name Statistics demography

Poelmans earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 21.36% less than the national average, earning $39,073 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pouelmans9412/
Polmans93346/
Pelmans932/
Peelmans88110/
Poolmans8865/
Poulmans8816/
Pollmans883/
Polmanns882/
Paelmans881/
Pollmanns82382/
Pulmans8042/
Pelmons803/
Pilmans801/
Plemans800/
Polmons800/
Poullmanns787/
Pülmanns7538/
Pulmanns7512/
Pelmmons755/
Paulmans752/
Plemmans750/
Püllmanns717/
Plemons532,749/
Plemoms532/
Plemmons502,994/
Plemoons501/
Plemmoms501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Poelmans
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